California Archives

Leaders hope compensation plan brings some healing, hope to survivors

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 18, 2019

A new private independent program set up to compensate victim-survivors of child sexual abuse by priests was rolled out Sept. 16 in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and five other participating Catholic dioceses in California.

Catholic priest comforting families after Santa Barbara boat fire: “It’s just hard for them to process all of this.”

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 4, 2019

A Catholic priest working at the center set up for relatives of people missing and presumed dead in the California scuba diving boat fire says he’s spoken with 15 to 20 relatives of those who were aboard.

Ex-treasurer for Catholic teachers union faces fraud charges

Associated Press, Church in the US
Aug 30, 2019

A former treasurer for a union local representing teachers employed by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of San Jose, California, has been charged with bank fraud and theft of union assets.

As Calif. novena ends, Christians urged to be society’s ‘moral conscience’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 14, 2019

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco called for Christians to be the “moral conscience” of society during a Mass marking the end of a novena against an upcoming abortion bill.

Religion, state of the Church among topics at annual Napa conference

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 13, 2019

Under the clear, California-blue skies of Napa Valley, 15 bishops and 100 priests gathered with over 500 lay Catholics and women religious to discuss religion and drink wine, brainstorm solutions and smoke cigars, not to mention celebrate Mass over 100 times in the span of just a few days.

Funeral instead of 14th birthday for teen killed at festival

Associated Press, Church in the US
Aug 6, 2019

Keyla Salazar’s family had planned to celebrate her birthday with a trip to a lake, but two days after she would have turned 14, instead they will say their final goodbyes after the middle-schooler was killed in a mass shooting at a California food festival.